Cain Velasquez has not fought since October 2013. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its second trip to Mexico with a much better offering than the first go-around. Long-lost heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez finally returns after nearly 20 months on the sidelines and draws interim titleholder Fabricio Werdum in one of the very best possible bouts in the division.
The rest of the card ranges between absolutely outstanding and totally uninteresting. The co-main event features Gilbert Melendez taking on Eddie Alvarez in a long-awaited lightweight bout that should be an epic barnburner; Kelvin Gastelum makes a forced return to middleweight against declining veteran Nate Marquardt; rising women’s strawweights Angela Hill and Tecia Torres meet in an excellent scrap; and on the prelims, Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo gets the chance to make a big statement against Chico Camus.